Shoe-pattern



(No Model.)

A. L. GOMBS. SHOE PATTERN.

Patented Mar. Z5, 1890.

T/Vin esses fzvento UNITED,v STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ABRAM L. COOMBS, OF SAUGUS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO 'GEORGE S. COVELL, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-PATTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,987, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed September 30, 1889. Serial No. 325,516\ (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM L. COOMBS, of Saugus, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Patterns for Cutting and Marking Points upon the Parts of Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others 1o skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in patterns for cutting the various parts of boots and shoes and marking thereon any desired points before the pattern is removed from the leather. It is especially designed for use in 2o cutting the vamp and marking the center for vamping and the point for the center or apex of the tip.

It consists of a pattern of suitable material and shape having perforations at desired points and a spring-plate attached thereto carrying punches or markers arranged so that they may be forced down through said perforations and make a slight depression in the face of the leather.

In the drawings herewith accompanying and making a part of this application, Figure l is a plan of pattern and springplate5 Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of same, and same letters refer to like parts.

Taking the vamp as an example of the part of a shoe to be cut and the center for vamping, and the point for the center or apex of the tip as examples of the points to be marked, the description of my improvement and its 4o application are as follows: In a pattern of the desired shape are made perforations c and d. Attached to the top face of said pattern is a spring-plate b, in such manner that the free end thereof when not under pressure will be 4 5 raised somewhat above the surface of the pattern, as shown in Fig. 2. To the under side of said spring-plate are attached rigid punches or markers c and f, in such position that they will enter the perforations c and c7, when said plate is pressed down upon the pattern. The 5o markers should be sufficiently longer than the thickness of the pattern to allowof their making a distinct depression in the leather, but not long enough to pierce or injure the leather. When the spring-plate is not under pressure, the markers are withdrawn from the perforations in the pattern, as represented in Fig. 2, and the pattern can then be moved freely over the surface of the leather without its being scratched by the markers. lhen the 6o vamp is cut, and before the pattern is removed, the spring-plate is pressed down upon the pattern until the markers make a depression in the leather. These depressions or marks aid the shoe-maker in molding the 6 5 vamp and in putting together the parts of the shoe by showing at a glance the relative position which the parts should bear to each other.

The advantages of this combined pattern 7o and marker are that when the required points are once accurately determined all the parts cut by a given pattern are the same, and by reason of said marks practical uniformity in putting together the parts of the shoe is secured much more readily and in less time than the same result could be obtained in any other manner.

-It will be evident that other parts of a boot or shoe and other points than those named 8o might be made 'in a similar manner.

The spurs or markers may be attached directly to the pattern, so as to project a short distance below the plane of the bottom; or a plate carrying markers similar to those shown 8 5 and attached at both ends to the pattern may be used. The essential principle of my improvement consists in attaching markers to a pattern, so that the center for vamping and other points may be ascertained and marked 9o at the same time that the vamp or other part is cut.

I am aware that stamps having punches thereon for making holes in leather for purposes of ornamentation and as an aid for setting the pegs have been used, and I disclaim all claim to such a tool.

I-I avin thus described my in vcntion and its surface of the blank beneath,'subsmntia11y as ro and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM lL. COOMBS. Witnesses:

GEO. S. CANELL, IRA B. KEITH. 

